Events

SPE Fall Webinar – Changes in the Structure of the US Polyolefins Markets

Please join us Tuesday, November 2nd from 11:00 am-12:30 pm, as we welcome Zachary Moore, Deputy Managing Editor, Americas ICIS (Independent Commodity Intelligence Service) for an online webinar.  Zachary will present:

Following a period of unprecedented price increases and strong demand growth, the North American PP and PE markets are heading into 2022 with demand growth returning to something closer to historic norms even as additional supplies for both products are due to come online.

A little about Zachary –

Zachary joined ICIS in 2016 and currently works as senior editor manager for the Americas region. He covers North American markets for major commodity polymers such as polyethylene, polypropylene and polystyrene in addition to managing a team of editors responsible for products across the ethylene and derivatives chain.

Prior to joining ICIS, Zachary covered commodity polymer markets in Asia and Turkey for ChemOrbis as Assistant Manager of Market Intelligence. While working with ChemOrbis, Zachary helped establish their office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and establish standards and methodologies for their stand along Southeast Asia polymer reports. Zachary was also responsible for overseeing the editorial quality of coverage of the China polymer markets while assisting in coverage of Turkish polymer markets.

He has more than 15 years’ experience in the petrochemical and plastic markets as a markets reporter, researcher and analyst.

Zacharys holds a BBA in economics from Georgia State University and an MA from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro.

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2022 International Polyolefins Conference 

Reimagining the Global Polyolefin Industry after the Pandemic

 

The SPE South Texas Section, the SPE Polymer Modifiers and Additives Division, the Thermoplastic Materials and Foams Division, Engineering Properties and Structures Division, and the Flexible Packaging Division are organizing  sessions for the 2022 SPE International Polyolefins Conference  in the following areas:

  • Current Trends in Markets, Technology, and Investments (Plenary talks)
  • Innovation in Polyolefin Catalysts and Process
  • Advances in Polyolefin Stabilization
  • Modifiers for Polyolefins
  • Advances in Polymer Testing and Characterization
  • Flexible Packaging
  • Advances in Compounding
  • Polyolefin Pipe Applications
  • Sustainability & Recycling
  • Automotive Applications
  • New Products  (short presentations of new Products)

For more information, to become a SPONSOR, to become an EXHIBITOR 

The convention will be held at the scenic location of Galveston, Texas.